Startup Grants & Funding for Agri, Food & Rural Startups

This scheme by LIDCOM, Govt. of of Maharashtra, offers a 50% subsidy up to ₹10,000 on business loans for members of the Scheduled Caste Charmakar community in Maharashtra.

Full to-and-fro travel fare up to Rs. 10,000 for one SC/ST person per enterprise exhibiting at a domestic trade fair.

PMMSY support of ₹3,200–4,800 per monoline/tubenet seaweed unit, including inputs.

A one-time reimbursement of 50% on the cost of tracking devices, up to INR 2,000 per truck, for commercial vehicles registered in Rajasthan.

PMMSY support of ₹600–900 per seaweed raft, up to 15 rafts per member and 500 per society.

A Chhattisgarh government scheme providing ₹700 in financial assistance to unorganized retail vegetable, fruit, and flower vendors for essential business tools.

Grant program backing AI and technology solutions that improve income, capital access, and market linkages for women workers and micro-entrepreneurs in agriculture, informal work, the gig economy, and care services.

Pre-incubation for early-stage & student founders, limited cohort.

Market access program offering hands-on guidance within Reliance ecosystem, no equity, no charges.

Incubation for deeptech, climate-tech & biotech startups across all stages

Global venture client unit connecting startups with BMW Group for paid PoCs and long-term partnerships.

Incubation program for early-stage founders demonstrating clarity, commitment, openness, and intent.

Supports individuals and teams with scalable 'zero to one' ideas for social improvement.

IIM Nagpur Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development (InFED) offers equity-free incubation support, mentoring, and funding facilitation to startups, women entrepreneurs, rural youth, and aspiring entrepreneurs in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region.

Oil India Limited's Start Up Fund, under the 'SNEH' program, offers technical and financial support along with incubation to DPIIT-recognized startups across ideation, early traction, and scale-up stages.

A scheme by the Uttarakhand government to brand, market, and improve the quality of local Himalayan products, empowering women entrepreneurs and self-help groups.

Financial assistance for unorganized workers in Chhattisgarh to establish or upgrade their readymade kitchen businesses, including a ₹30,000 grant and access to a bank loan.

This scheme by the Tamil Nadu government provides free sewing machines to eligible individuals from Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, and Denotified Communities to promote self-employment.

A Himachal Pradesh state scheme offering various incentives, hand-holding, and support to startups and innovative projects to foster self-employment and industrial development in the state.

A scheme by the Department of Agriculture, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, promoting self-reliance in agriculture through sustainable plantation activities for farmers, SHGs, and FPOs.

This scheme by the Uttarakhand Agricultural Production & Marketing Board provides licensed traders with commercial shops in market yards to promote ease of doing business.